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- Structure and submodules
- Build and run
- Contribute
- Documentation
- Advanced Functionality
- Additional resources
- soapui - The core module that creates the soapui.jar file.
- soapui-system-test - Integration and system tests for SoapUI.
- soapui-installer - Creates SoapUI distributions, such as installers and archives.
- soapui-maven-plugin – A Maven plugin used to run SoapUI in a Continuous integration environment (such as Jenkins).
- soapui-maven-plugin-tester - A test pom.xml file used to test the soapui-maven-plugin.
To get the source code, run git clone https://github.com/SmartBear/soapui.git in the folder where you want to clone the root folder of the SoapUI project.
- To build a SoapUI project, run
mvn clean installin the root folder. - To build an individual submodule, run
mvn clean installin the root folder of the submodule you want to build.
To run SoapUI after it has been built, execute mvn exec:java in the root folder of the soapui submodule.
To get the latest source code changes, clone the project by running git pull in the root directory of the SoapUI project or in the root directory of the submodule you want to update.
If you want to take a more active part in improving SoapUI, go to SoapUI Developer's Corner for more information.
As SoapUI is using a standard Maven 3 setup, building and running SoapUI from an IDE is usually very straight forward, as long as the IDE has good Maven support.
Open project
- Clone the project.
- In the main menu, select File > Open.
- Enter the path to the root folder of the SoapUI project.
- Run
mvn compileto generate necessary source files automatically.
Run SoapUI
After you have created the IDEA project, navigate to the com.eviware.soapui.SoapUI class, right-click and select Run.
Get the latest changes
Right-click on the root folder in the Project panel and select Git > Repository > Pull.
Tip
To get the code style settings used by the SoapUI team, select File > Import Settings and import the intellij-codestyle.jar file located in the root folder of the SoapUI project.
Open project
- Clone the project
- In the main menu, select File > Import.
- In the Import dialog, select Maven > Existing Maven projects and click Next.
- In the Root directory, enter the path to the root folder of the SoapUI project and click Finish.
Run SoapUI
After you have created the Eclipse project, navigate to the com.eviware.soapui.SoapUI class, right-click it and select Run as > Java application.
Get the latest changes
- Right-click on the root folder in the Package explorer panel.
- Select Team > Pull.
To generate documentation (JavaDoc), run mvn javadoc:javadoc in the root folder of the submodule you want to create documentation for. The documentation will be located in the target/site/javadoc folder after the Maven command is executed successfully.
You can also get the latest information on SoapUI classes and methods here.
SoapUI Open Source offers basic functionality for API testing. For additional features, such as data-driven testing, coverage testing, groovy script debugging and others, try SoapUI Pro.
- SoapUI community - SmartBear's SoapUI Open Source community for discussing and participating in all things SoapUI.
- SoapUI Groovy examples - This is a collection of SoapUI projects and Groovy scripts used to demonstrate the Groovy scripting capabilities in SoapUI.
- Extending SoapUI
- Custom factories
- Integrating with SoapUI
- Mastering SoapUI - Master the art of testing and automating your SOA using SoapUI
